Fountain-pen-filling device



A. T. CROSS.

FOUNTAIN PEN FILLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1|, 1919.

1., 348,2 1 1 Pa ented Aug. 3, 1920.

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ATTORNEYS I uN TEo STATlZSdPATEN T- ()FFICE,

' ALon zo TOWNSEND cross, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

, I-rOUNT m rEN-FILLING DEVICE. Y

3 211 I V 1 specif cation of Letters Patent. ."Patented A g; 3 1920.-Applicationjflledhpril11,19.19. Seria1No.289,38 2. I Q

To all whomit may concern: v Within the counter bore 11 at the upper 65le it known that I, Aron/1.0T; Cross, a opposite end of the dispensingtube is citizen oi the United States, and a resident a ball 17 which isarranged to seat in the of Providence, in the county, of Providencelower portion of the counter bore and withand State of Rhode Island,have invented in the upper end of the main hereof the discertain new anduseful Improvements in pensing .tube, to form an outlet valve' theFountain-Pen liilling Devices, ofwhich the extreme upper endfoi' thetube, and consef fl i i a specification. quently'th'e upper. end of thecounter bore My present invention relates generally to 11, being closedby an imperiorate plug 18. fluid dispensing apparatus,and.more par-'Adjaeent the last mentioned end of the. ticularly to a simple form ofhand controlled tube 10, a filling spout 19 extends laterally dispensingarrangement to be applied to from the counter bore 11 provided withla Ibottles, and while my invention is capable downturned extremity20 whichmay be pro application, is espejected partly within the barrel of afountain cially designed for the filling of fountain pen so asv toeffectively guide the stream of pens other than what are at presentknown fluid into the pen as desired.

of more or less general as self fillers, the object of my arrangementThe tube 10 is similarly provided with a being the provision of a simpledevice for laterally projecting nipple 21'communicatdispensing ink frombottles, whose structure ing with its main bore between the inlet and issuch that it may be readily inserted in and outlet valves abovementioned, and serving removed from the applied position, with as asupport and a rigid connection for a but single movement, as well as onewhich flexible compressible bulb 22, each pressure will be suflicientlyrigid in use to permit of upon which servesto expel from the tube itsmanipulation with but one hand, While 10, through the outlet valve 17,liquid which the other hand holds the fountain pen or has previouslybeen drawn into the tube:

other device to be filled. through the inlet "alve when the bulb is al-With the above in mind, my invention relowed to expand. sides in thedetails of construction, arrange- Around the tube 10 is slidably mounteda ment and operation to be now described lu 23 for the purpose ofclosing the mouth with respect to the accompanying drawing, oi a bottle,such asfor instance the bottle forming a part of this specification, and2 1, within which the dispensing arrangement 35 wherein: Ina beutilized.

The figure is a vertical longitudinal sec- 7 n connection with this plug23, which is tion of my invention, illustrating its praeslidable alongthe tube 10 so as to compentical application. sate for bottles ofdifferent heights, is a cap Referring now to this figure, my inven- 25which partly receives the plug 23 and tion proposes a liquid dispensingdevice which in practice overlies the shoulder which includes anelongated rigid dispensaround the upper mouth of a bottle so as not ingtube 10 having counter bores 11 and 12 only to protect the bottle butthe plug 23 as at its relatively opposite ends. The counwell, the latterbeing in most instances ter bore 12 receives a ball 13 which, in 00-formed of a more or less perishable material operation with theapertured plug 14:, in the nature of cork. It will also be notedthreaded within this end of the tube, forms that the plug 23 has anopening 26 at one an intake opening, the plug having lower Side throughwhich atmospheric pressure is extensions 15 which support the respectiveconstantly supplied to the interior of the end of the tube 10 away fromcontact with bottle 24 in connection with which the disthe adjacentparts so as to provide for the penser is utilized,by virtue of a ventopenfree inflow of fluid through the openingof 7 ing 27 through the cap25. These openings the plug 14: and into the tube 10. Between 26 and 27are alined with one another when its counter bore 1.2 and its main bore,the the device is in use, but when in dis-use and tube 10 has a seriesof internal ribs 16, in order to prevent oxidation of the contentsagainst which the ball 13 moves in its inof the bottle, the cap 25 maybe rotated, it ward travel to prevent obstructing the inbeing freelymovable on the tube 10 with the flow of fluid. plug 23, so as to shiftits vent opening 27 its bore between said valves, a bottle closing.

out of registration with the opening 26 of the plug and thus result incomplete closing of the bottle 24.;

It is obvious that my invention and the construction thus clearlyexplained and pointed out, is-capable of ready insertion in and removalfrom its connectionv with. the; 7

bottle as shown, is equally as ready of adjustment to bottles may beapplied in and removed fromoperative position, as. well as manipulatedin use, with but; one hand, leaving the other hand entirely freeiorholding and'manipulating the penfto'befilled; or

I claim 1; A fluid dispenser 'ior bottles consisting of a dispensingtube havingintake and outlet valves and provided with a discharge spout,a hand'compressible'bulb connected With said tube and'in communicationwith plug around and shiftable along, said tube, and a cap'around thetube and rotatable on the plug, said cap and said plug having openingsparallelvto the axis of the tube and movable into and'out of registrywith one another by virtue of'rotation of'the cap.

2. A fluid dispenser for bottles, consisting counter bores of difierenttypes, and plugmounted -around 3. A fluid dispenser for-bottles,comprising a straight rigid tubehaving amain bore mnnieation with themain bore balls seated in the counter outletivalves, a rigid discharge.spout'leading from the counter bore of the outlet"valve, a plugsurrounding thet'ube and slidable therealong, a cap al'sosurrounding thetube and slidable therealong and rotatable; with respect: to the saidplug, said plugand said,

cap ,having vent openings 5 movable I into and out of registrywith'oneanoth'er, anipple extending laterally from the tube; between itsinlet andoutletvalves, and compressible' bulb secured to and carried bythe-said nipple, as described.- 7 I ALONZGWGWNSE-N-D -GROSS.

bores and forming intake and 40 and counter bores at opposite endsincom-

